Norman Ray Rexroat

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Schooler Funeral Home Brentwood Chapel, 4100 S. Georgia St., with the Rev. Robert Field officiating. Burial will be in White Deer Cemetery. Arrangements are by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia St.

Norman was born Nov. 27, 1941, in Antlers, Okla., to Emmett and Eulene Rexroat. The family moved to Pampa in 1946.

Norman attended Pampa High School. As a youth, he was a member of Pampa Optimist Club and was a Golden Gloves boxer.

Norman was a self-employed carpenter. He was an excellent barbecue cook and enjoyed applying his skills to feed family and friends. Norman was a fighter and a survivor. He fought and won his first bout with cancer in the early 1980s. He continued to battle cancer in various forms for three decades.

Norman was a generous and loving man. If someone was in need, he was always there to help. He had a wonderful sense of humor and quick wit that made us laugh out loud. He loved his family without reservation, and in return, was loved unconditionally.

He was preceded in death by his father, his mother and a son, Mark Allen Rexroat.

Survivors incldue a son, Kevin Rexroat and wife Deanne of Cincinnati; a daughter, Kelsey Barclay and husband Jason of Bedford; three brothers, Jim Rexroat and wife Amparo of Bayside, Bill Rexroat and wife Connie of Houston and Richard Rexroat and wife Cynthia of Amarillo; a sister, Kathrine Harden and husband Clint of Clovis, N.M.; seven grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.